Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1887-09-03
BOLD BAD BURGLARS
Two sAfss cRAckeO ~ on NloHT.
Ehsy Gs EhroaxA tks Fre1s pesT sf the
Nss asFs Tss store ia she Glare
81 a. Ei@etFle LtEhs ~Afis2s
N2endrs Visited

Esriy yesterday mofning the New fork
tea stoss. On Nonroe-st.. was entsred ~
some unkns~n parties snd ne safe cracked
TAs entrsAoe 20 ne store sss uasae ghroagh
the trent &sor. hols being bored through
TIE door ard the lock removed with Iools.
Once inside the barslzrs drilled hole Ia
the safe door iasi 70 ihs isf. of toe oosnsi-
nation lock and bY Easens 0f puach AID
slsdge Aanlmsr broke tie dog II the lock
thereby releasing the 5ols and openinf ~
door. The men took over 81 <3 IL CASH sRd
made their exit ey the back door and the
alley ia the rear, after fastening the ffont
door with al ordinary screw.
About 500 in the morning Henry Bel,
who works FOR MT. frAnk Bolfer. Tie livery
mau on kent-st aDl sleeps in the barn,
sas tso men run out of tie back door q
the Allen Steam Laundry, at a and IS
kent-st. lie SAYS he eau give no accurate
description of the men. for they ran rapidly
up the alley. Yesterday morninx Il was
discovered that the lauldfy olhoe had been
entered and the safe opened. This was
done IA the same manner a. lhe safe al the
New York Tea Store. and Il IS evident that
both burglaues were the work 0f the same
parties. About sis IN cash aud some valu-
able papers were taken from the laundry
safe. The men broke away the inside
woodwork In the safe and empfied the cash
drawer. which they took out into the alley
aud broke open.
When the men went 10 work at Emmes
blacksmith shop on Kent -, yesterday
morning Il was found that sledge hammer
and bat had been stolen. The burglars had
evidently taken these tools 70 accomplish
their purpose and this is evidence that they
were professional crooks and had become
acquainted with the premises before going
to work. There Is no clRe 10 the thieves
and the police are al loss 10
know what 70 DO. Three trsmps,
one Of them minus an arm and an
other with twisted jaw were arrested In the
afternoon On suspicion. supt. Smith
sized them up and teld them II they would
Immediately leave town they might 70.
Joseph U. Smith was the patrolmsn on the
Monroc-st- bes, passing the tea store. He
had thirteen minutes to 20 from Sweets
Hotel 10 the corner Of Monroe and Ottawa
sts., and eight minutes 20 return down on
the tea store side OF Monroe-st. Smith sp-
| peared on the stree. yesterday afternoon In
citizens clothing, and last night Patrolmsn
| Van Dine patrolod his beat. II IL under
| stood that Smith has been suspended from
duty. pending an investigation of the cir
| cumstances, a. it is said that Smith left his
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| prize fight at o O'Donnells gymnasium.
The daring and boidness Of the robbers
was the subject Of considerable comment
| about town yesterday and ell are mystited
| as 10 how they got into the places without
| being seen by some one. Thers is one
| theory advanced which is very plausible
one and which, II correct, shows great fore
| thought and prudence on the part OF the
| rsscais. About l.15 the large whistle on
I Al. u
/ WaieTloo-st. commenced blowing and con-
/ tinued SO for about ten minutes. A re-
| porter of the TELE0RAs- HkHALD visited the
| night waichman at the factory shortly after
| and questioned him in regard to the cause
| OF the whistle being blowed. He appeared
| somewhat nervous and was at q loss 20 ac-
| count for the strange occurrence. saying II
| did not amount TO anything. The reporter
| asked him il the whistle was 20 arranged
that when certain amount
| Of steam was on, that IL would blow OF
| lie replied that il was and the reporter
| went away satisfied. At IL O'Clock lssi
evening the reporter went 10 the fActory
| again and found. not the old man whom
| he had seen esrly in the morning bat a new
| man in his place and also the engineer OF
| duty. They could give no reason for The
/ change, and when asked about the whistle
the former stated that the water--it wal
| drizzling little az the time-had settled on
| the wire, causing il 10 blow the whistle
| When asked If the whistle was arranged 81
that il would blow when there was toe
| much steam on. be said that il was not
| The circumstances look somewhat suspioi-
| Gus and would naturally lead 10 the beie
that the burglars had the whistle blown &
detrsct attention while they operated on
the tea store The fact that the two mer
were seen TO leave, in hssty manner. th'
rear OF Aliens steam Laundry At the time OF
the fire in the Phnnir block, which is no
far distant, would also indicate that th'
thieves set the fire.